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USS Carondelet

USS Carondelet

Courtesy of U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph

Built By: Unknown, Carondelet, Missouri

Sailed: October 1861

Commissioned: January 15, 1862

Decommissioned: June 20, 1865

 

Characteristics

Type: Ironclad Gunboat

Displacement: 512 tons

Length: 175 feet

Beam: 51 feet 2 inches

Draft: 6 feet

Propulsion: Steam Engine

Battles

Western Flotilla

Fort Henry

Fort Donelson

Island #10

New Madrid

Red River Campaign

Fort De Russy

Armament

 

January 1862    

            

4 8-inch Smoothbores

1 50-pounder rifle

1 42-pounder rifle

6 32-pounder rifle

1 30-pounder rifle

1 12-pounder rifle

May 1863

3 9-inch Smoothbores

4 8-inch smoothbores

1 50-pounder rifle

1 42-pounder rifle

1 32-pounder rifle

1 30-pounder rifle

1 12-pounder rifle

 

 

January 1864

 

3 9-inch Smoothbores

4 8-inch smoothbores

2 100-pounder rifle

1 50-pounder rifle

1 30-pounder rifle

1 12-pounder rifle

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